CVE-2025-1687

High

Published: 28 February 2025

Published

28 February 2025

Modified

15 April 2026

KEV Added

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Patch

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CVSS Score 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Score 0.0006 19.9th percentile

Risk Priority 18 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-1687 is a high-severity CSRF (CWE-352) vulnerability in Themeforest (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 19.9th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SC-23 (Session Authenticity) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation).

Threat & Defense at a Glance

What attackers do: exploitation maps to Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) and 1 other technique. What defenders deploy: see the NIST 800-53 controls recommended below.

Threat & Defense Details

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI

SC-23 Session Authenticity good match

prevent

SC-23 requires mechanisms like CSRF tokens or nonces to protect session authenticity, directly addressing the missing nonce validation that enables forged profile update requests.

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match

prevent

SI-10 enforces validation of all information inputs, including anti-CSRF nonces, preventing unauthenticated attackers from successfully submitting forged requests to update user profiles.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match

prevent

SI-2 mandates timely flaw remediation through software updates, such as patching the Cardealer theme to version 1.6.5 where nonce validation is implemented.

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access

Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.

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T1098 Account Manipulation Persistence

Adversaries may manipulate accounts to maintain and/or elevate access to victim systems.

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Why these techniques?

CSRF in public-facing WordPress theme directly enables T1190 (exploit of web app) and facilitates T1098 (account manipulation via unauthorized email/password changes leading to takeover).

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v18.1

NVD Description

The Cardealer theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.6.4. This is due to missing nonce validation on the 'update_user_profile' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update the user…

email and password via a forged request, granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Deeper analysisAI

CVE-2025-1687, published on 2025-02-28, is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability (CWE-352) in the Cardealer theme for WordPress, affecting versions up to and including 1.6.4. The flaw arises from missing nonce validation in the 'update_user_profile' function, which enables forged requests to alter user profiles. It has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H), indicating high severity due to network accessibility, low complexity, no privileges required, and significant impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Unauthenticated attackers can exploit this vulnerability by tricking a site administrator into performing an action, such as clicking a malicious link. Successful exploitation allows the attacker to update the administrator's email address and password via the forged request, potentially leading to account takeover.

Advisories recommend updating the Cardealer theme to version 1.6.5 or later, where the issue is addressed, as detailed in the theme's changelog. Further intelligence is available from Wordfence's threat intel page and the theme's listing on ThemeForest.